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How Christianity Came to China: A Brief History
Kathleen L. Lodwick
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Paperback. Missionaries who served in China had differing views of their religion and differing ideas of how to spread it, but when all foreign missionaries were forced to leave China in 1949 many thought their effort had been in vain. Yet some scholars predict that soon China will be the country with the largest Christian population in the world. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; HRAX; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
The story of the foreign missionaries who served in China between 1309 and 1949 is one of fervent religious commitment and of the loss of faith, of determined perseverance and of angry frustration, of accepting people as they are and of cultural superiority ...of human kindness and of narrow prejudice, of those who loved China and of those who refused to acknowledge the society in which they lived, of those who spent their entire adult lives in China and of those who fled home as soon as possible, and of those who admired China and of those who were driven ... Read more
The story of the foreign missionaries who served in China between 1309 and 1949 is one of fervent religious commitment and of the loss of faith, of determined perseverance and of angry frustration, of accepting people as they are and of cultural superiority ...of human kindness and of narrow prejudice, of those who loved China and of those who refused to acknowledge the society in which they lived, of those who spent their entire adult lives in China and of those who fled home as soon as possible, and of those who admired China and of those who were driven ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fortress Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781451472301
SKU
V9781451472301
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About Kathleen L. Lodwick
Kathleen L. Lodwick is an American historian, author, and educator. She holds a PhD in Chinese history from the University of Arizona and is a professor of history, emerita, at Pennsylvania State University.
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